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Kitimat-Stikine regional district directors representing rural areas were among northwestern elected officials signing a memorandum to pursue a share of provincial revenues from resource taxation. From the left, Dave Brocklebank, Tina Etzerza, Jessica McCallum-Miller, Linda Pierre and Ted Ramsey.
Gov’ts push for piece of resource tax pie
TERRACE – Elected officials from 21 local governments stretching from Vanderhoof to the coast are preparing their next move to persuade the provincial government for a share of its resource-based taxation. Meeting here Saturday, the officials from municipal and regional district governments agreed to continue to push the province for a share of taxation next month when all local governments meet for an annual convention. And they did so in formalizing the Northwest Resource Benefits Alliance, first announced a year ago and then enlarged in the spring, through a memorandum of understanding. The goal of the alliance is to push the provincial government to share what is projected to be
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$35 billion in new revenues from projects in the northwest over the next 25 years should all of the planned major industrial projects actually be developed. Based on that estimate, a three per cent revenue share would equate to $1 billion. Given that Urban Systems Ltd. forecasts a $500 million infrastructure deficit among the municipalities involved in the alliance, newly-elected chair Stacey Tyers said there would be no shortage of uses for the money. “The summit resulted in the development of three priorities: addressing infrastructure needs, mitigating social impacts and developing a legacy fund so that we can look forward to a sustainable future,” Tyers said, noting the intent isn’t to be confused with grants already offered by the
province. “We want to be at the table to negotiate our share,” added Tyers who is the chair of the Kitimat-Stikine regional district and a City of Terrace councillor. In addition to creating an action plan for the coming year, the officials elected an executive that includes chair Tyers and vie chairs Bill Miller of the Regional District of Bulkley - Nechako and Barry Pages of the Skeena Queen Charlotte Regional District. “This is an historic and commendable process that the 21 local governments have been engaged in - we are excited and looking forward to coming up with a revenue sharing agreement with the provincial government that meets the needs of the Northwest,” said Pages.
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“We are looking forward to the province sitting down with the [alliance] and coming up with an agreement that is a win-win for everybody.” While the municipal and regional leaders may want an agreement, an idea they claim has support of industry, the province has yet to agree to negotiaitons. This spring the province turned down a $1.131 million request from the alliance to assist in its work. The province said it would be premature to provide revenues from an industrial base which does not yet exist. The province does, however, have a revenue sharing agreement with northeastern local governments based on revenues from oil and gas drilling and development in that region.
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